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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of love does Mozart claim his opera contains?
(a) Young love.
(b) Sacrificial love.
(c) Manly love, real love.
(d) Unrequited love.

2. Where does Salieri say he was born?
(a) Sardinia.
(b) Southern Italy.
(c) Northern Italy.
(d) Northern Hispaniola.

3. What does Salieri say is the title of his last work?
(a) The Death of Mozart.
(b) The Death of Mediocrity.
(c) Orlando Furioso.
(d) The Death of the Bird.

4. What causes Salieri physical pain as he listens to the piece?
(a) The number of notes--there are too many to follow.
(b) Its frequent strange modulations.
(c) Its intense beauty.
(d) Its discord and atonality.

5. What surprises Salieri's servants?
(a) That he is sick of eating cakes.
(b) That he will eat cakes in bed that night.
(c) His declaration that he will not go to bed that night.
(d) That he will shave himself in future.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is ironic about court musicians and their employers?

2. What kind of work has the Emperor commissioned Mozart to write?

3. To what does Salieri compare the opening measures of the music he hears?

4. Who prompts the Emperor's response to the opera?

5. In the context of the play, how long has it been since Mozart's death?

Short Essay Questions

1. Comment on Salieri's appeal to 'the ghosts of the future'.

2. In what way is the 'calf-measuring scene' ironic?

3. What concrete information about Mozart is passed to Salieri by the Venticelli?

4. In what way does Salieri believe God is torturing him?

5. Comment on the dramatic function of the Venticelli in the opening scene.

6. What does this scene show us of Mozart's talent?

7. What is Salieri hinting at when he says his servants will be 'even more surprised tomorrow'?

8. What is the significance of the golden light that bathes the Emperor and his court?

9. How does Salieri come to change his mind about meeting Mozart?

10. Comment on the conflict in this library scene.

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